Snow Days

This past week, Northwest Arkansas was struck again with ole man winter. The first week of January, school was out for a full week (5 snow days) and then again last Friday (snow day #6). The highs last week were in the mid-50s and then Thursday, a front moved through and the high was only 32. Later that afternoon a storm moved through that had everyone a little scared. Talk of power outages and severe ice covered roads had everyone talking and going "the extra mile" to make sure everything was okay. Mercifully, God had mercy on us and even though the weather was severe, we kept power and had awesome snow to play in while we were stuck at home. Here are a few shots...the deepest measurement in the cul-de-sac was 7.5" I only had 7" in my yard.

Snowman building fun....thanks Olivia for building it!

Snow Angels

Sledding on "the hill"

Snowball fights are great!!

Headed home....exhausted!

Gemini

I am not a big astrological sign person, but I do indulge myself every now and again. Today has been a very lazy day spent in front of the TV and my laptop. In one of the many Internet articles that I read today, I ran across the "What exercise plan fits your sign?" The plan for Gemini (the twin) fits me to a "T":

Gemini
Gemini needs a buddy to support any lasting lifestyle change. You will be smart to set up a "Resolution Blog" to share your experiences and receive much needed feedback to keep you motivated. For you, a walk around any busy neighborhood can make exercising a breeze. Gemini is curious and will benefit from reading food labels. A powerful resolution in terms of weight loss and overall health would be to refuse to buy anything containing high fructose corn syrup.

Note: (1) I do not workout unless someone goes with me. It is a weakness that I have identified about myself and have had to come to terms with it. (2) I read most all food labels on the food that I buy and (3) I have purchased VERY few products with high fructose corn syrup as a top 5 ingredient in well over a year...

Coincidence? maybe.

Christmas & the Cotton Bowl

Christmas this year has come so very quickly! It's hard to believe that we are ending the first decade of the 21st century. 2010 is sure to be a memorable year...I cannot wait to see what good things are in store!

There is a Sullivan family tradition of having your family picture taken in front of the Christmas Tree at my Mamaw Sullivan's house. Everyone expects it and is eager to get it over with! However it gets done, these pictures have become priceless. looking back over the years and appreciating where we've been and what we've done can be realized in just one picture...lots of memories. So..without further ado, here are this year's pictures We were only missing 2 grandchildren this year: Tara and Chris.

The Leonard Sullivan Family

Leonard, Elain, Susan, Sanford,

Anna Rose, Betty Jane, and Leonard Talbert

The Bo Sullivan Family

Kelsey, Trae, April, Kamryn, Chase, Blaine, Brandee, Chuck, Bo, Deborah Ann, & Savannah

The Steve Sullivan Family

Stephenie, Steve, Sue, Sarah, Elliott & Emma Claire

The Bill Sullivan Family

Bill, Teresa, Elizabeth, & Josh

The Triplets: Isaac, Isabella, & Ian

The Rex Sullivan Family

Brian & Kayla, Brett, Charles Verne & Vista, Rex, Brett & Jasmine, Kolemyn Grace

The Pat Sullivan Family (missing Tara)

Patrick, Tasha, Pat, Tanya, John Paul

The Tasha Sullivan Scott Family

Josh, Sawyer, Sydney, Tasha, Sadye

The Cindy Sullivan Roberson Family

Tim, Skye, Cindy, Scott, Summer & Kale

The Judy Sullivan Oglesby Family

Bubba, Judy, Kendra, Leah

Mamaw Sullivan & Emma Claire

Emma & Isabella

THE big news on the Sunday after Christmas was the news that both Trae & Scott killed deer! Trae got a nice sized 8-point and Scott got a very interesting 16-point. We do not know where this deer came from as no one had seen him before on the Trail Cams. This deer is quite popular around the Heartbreak Hotel because 1) it's a 16-point and 2) it has palmettoed tynes. Come to find out, this palmettoed characteristic is found in only a few geography pockets in the U.S. One of those is the deep, "coastal" South.

Trae (8-point) & Scott (16-point)

The infamous 16-point

This year was Chris and Stephanie's year to spend Christmas with her family in Alabama. We missed them on Christmas day, but I was thankful to have had some time during New Years to spend with them.

Callie's "big" present this year was a rocking horse given to her by my Mom and Dad (their grandparent names are still TBD...). She LOVES this horse...especially when Chris rocks it for her. She cannot quite get it to go as fast on her own...



Callie loves her Aunt Steph!

Candid of me and Emma Claire on Christmas night...

This year, I was fortunate enough to have been offered Dr Pepper tickets to the Cotton Bowl. Ole Miss received the bid, Dr Pepper was a corporate sponsor, and the Directors knew that being from Mississippi I might enjoy going. And they were so right! I think that Mom was the most excited to go, but everyone else was pretty pumped too. Mom's first cousin, Jeff, lives in Dallas. Since Sarah and Chris did not want to go to the game, we invited Jeff and his sons Doug & Ben. We had such a good time and really enjoyed getting to hang out with family AND watch a really intense ballgame.

Jeff, Doug, Kelly (Doug's wife), and Ben

Dad, Mom, & Me

The Crew

we were the ONLY Ole Miss fans in our section and the sections to either side of us...talk about sticking out like a sore thumb! Blue & Red really did not mesh well with bright orange and black!

The trophy presentation after the game